Acoustic Guitar Construction

Ken, Thanks for the good advice. Since this is my first attempt at guitar building, I'm thinking now I'll just leave it natural. Would hate to end up with an ugly guitar after all the work I put into it. I may have to rethink my whole finishing strategy and try the shellac French Polish. I was plann...

I just completed building a 0000 J and I'm ready to start applying the finish. I would like to lightly stain the spruce top to give it a more vintage look. I plan to mask off the herringbone purfling and the maple bindings. But I'm not sure what to do about the herringbone rosette and bwbwb rings. A...